New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-29
RETURNING TO sHEEPsHEAD.
mcAsR1soN GOING TO HAVE A "KILLlNG"i
MA NEW coLoRs-A wARNING-sIGHTs AT CEDAR

MA NEW coLoRs-A wARNING-sIGHTS AT CEDAR
HURST.
ina scene shifts from Long Branch 10 Coney Island
ana everybody tells his neighbor he is Glad. He is
heartily tired of Monmouth and rain and dust ana
ionrs for the sand and grass and trees and sea beczes
Of eheepshead Ninety miles a day for twenty -hve
days Will dull the ardor Of the most enthusiastic race
cnn Think Of travelling 2,260 miles to see .
seasons racngi And top Of that put the expenses
Of 1863 visits to the betting ring This 10
but 1t isn't fun. But at shoepshead-oh, We'll get
oven there. winners already picked No sw1noiins
allowed. Judges see everything Horses Obliged 70
run up to public form and public expectation Fudge'
A word to all who would get even at sheepshesd :
Look out for upsets so-called public form VIII unoor
~ q wonderful change In the removal OF horso'
Monmouth Park to Coney Island kemeihooi '.o A.
week at the Long Branch course how the ahina' 'h"
had performed wretchedIy at sheepstead turned IN anu
won all the races. The courses are enuieiy M q,
in makeup Whereas the one Is deep sa'"S "'1 -
firm cupping continually under the hooi' 0o o.i'o
IA shallow firm and fast with certain ~ -,
subsoil that assists the stride. Better no'o uo
,,rso, ~ form for day or two before you peg'h W
q rs, syen Certain animals that have becn ioa"hs
along in the ruck at Monmouth are wainng paach.i9
for sheepshead, just as you are oohs' ooA vu,
them There's going to be more thah one hos n"' -
at the Bay and you may oe eei'"" "
neighbors will not be Invited
VIII Mistress Fortune smile on snapper Garrison
nj sheepsheadl There Thursday he VIII pose IVA
She first time in his colors which MS taioi No"
been busjly at work on these ten days. what at'i-
,d.s Tho q snapper, will strike as he caners by pe
grand stand wearing the cherry jacket with yeho"
,,eevesl His heart is set on winning the hist raw
I'm which he enters of his horses-Eonan VI W
clops 1t Is easy to see him now as ne humps ILL
self upon Eolians neck and whispers In MS car INC
nr,d,o re,ns are wrapped several times around MS
add so bowed Is his
hack and so high does he stand In the stlrrups' DO
tween his right knee and the horses shoulder the whip
ia firmly clutched. Why does Garrison carry
wbip3 He has less for 1t than any hfst-ciaSs
Jockey In America Those who nave iono"eu LII"
closely know very well that he cannot punish anu ru0
at the same time His powerful arms ana ue won
derfu lifting power Of his knees get far more out o1
a horse than rawhide or steel Nine times out OF zen
when he draws his whip the race is lost F1renh
would never have beaten Hanover I'm the Omnibus II
sIuck, had not deprived Garrison T.. his whip lie
attempted to draw 1t, 1t fell to the ground, and as
last resort he climbed upon Firenzs neck In his most
approved style, whispered In her ear ana hred her
20 the front 1t Is cOnended that Garrison rdes WIN
ais knees OF course; how could he avoid It, nature
baying made him knock-kneed2 Mclaughlin, on the
other hand, is as bowlegged as Blackfoot Indian So
are most of the Jockeys who sit a horse CarTsons
"luckp again; the "snapper" never SITS he stands.
If he ever mounts horse with exceptionally light
quarters no Is sure to tip over.
The sheepshead Bay races do not begin on Tuesday
because the Coney Island Jockey Club promised tie
Saratoga Association that there should De
no clashing of dates. The racing sea-
son at Springs comes to an end
on Tuesday. sheepshead begins It's elevenday meet
ing on Thursday, when the Sapphire Stakes the Twin
City Handicap and the Welter Stakes will be run
Saturday will be the second day, the prominent
feature being the New-York Handicap. Next week
the racing will continue every day except Friday.
The Coney Island Jockey Club needs no advertise
ment 1t and the people who love fair dealing ana
royal sport have been familiar friends for years
Crowds will flock to sheepshead as usual.
Tie enterprlsng young men who sway the destnies
Df the Rockaway Steeplechaso Association have de
cded to utilize Wednesday, which nobody else thought
fit to claim, as an extra day. programme of SIX
races is announced. Tuesday and Friday are the
regular days. The Wave Crest Hurdle Race purtc
81 COO, about two miles) Will be run tomorrow.
These are the entries and weights: